Is there anyone working on a binary version of XML?

[Stephen D. Williams]

I'm already taking a look at it, but it doesn't completely address what I'm getting at.  I may
be able to branch from it.

sdw

Peter Stark wrote:

> Not only "attempts to define".
>
> The "binary XML" defined by the WAP Forum is a format for tokenized XML.
> It's supported by cellular phones with WAP browsers, e.g.
> http://www.nokia.com/phones/7110/index.html. Element and attribute names are
> replaced by binary values to make parsing cheaper in the client. It does,
> however, not support all XML features. For example, XML namespaces are not
> supported.
>
> You can read more about WAP at:
> http://www.uplanet.com/pub/111398_WAP_V1whitepaper.pdf
>
> Peter Stark
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-xml-dev at ic.ac.uk [mailto:owner-xml-dev at ic.ac.uk]On Behalf Of
> > Dan Brickley
> > Sent: Thursday, March 25, 1999 12:54 PM
> > To: 'xml-dev at ic.ac.uk'
> > Subject: RE: Is there anyone working on a binary version of XML?
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 25 Mar 1999, DuCharme, Robert wrote:
> >
> > > >I know, I know, this is anathema to what many of you feel is the
> > > >essence of XML, and I agree to a point.
> > >
> > > It's not so much about feelings, as about contradicting the XML spec.
> >
> > Quite so. But there are still initiatives such as
> >
>         http://www.wapforum.org/docs/technical.htm
>         http://www.wapforum.org/docs/technical1.1/WBXML-03-Feb-1999.pdf
>
> which attempts to define a 'compact binary representation of XML'.
> (If going down that route, I'd rather have a compact binary
> representation of whatever it was that I'm representing in XML, rather
> than of the XML that I might've used as a textual representation of the
> data... But then that really wouldn't be XML.)
>
> Dan
>
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